1 Peter 2:15
For it is the will of God that by well-doing you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 7:26"And every one who hears these words of mine and does them not, I will liken to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.
Romans 1:21For although they knew God, yet they did not glorify him as God, nor give him thanks; but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.
Ephesians 6:6not with eye service, as men-pleasers, but as the slaves of Christ, doing the will of God;
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:14-25
Submission to Magistrates; Various Exhortations; Christ's Example as a Sufferer. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the… Read the whole commentary →